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Report card: Local roads, pipes receive poor grades

A new report card on U.S. infrastructure gives Virginia a D+, Maryland a C-, and says 99 percent of D.C.'s roads are poor or mediocre.

Tags: American Society of Civil Engineers, Stuart Freudburg,

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Planners ID neighborhoods for targeted development

Dozens of neighborhoods and communities throughout the Washington region are being targeted by planners to serve as hubs of work, housing, transit and entertainment centers.

Tags: development, sprawl & crawl, growth, Dick Uliano, Mary Hynes, Albert Dobbins, sprawl & crawl

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Local governments warned to consider cuts as 'fiscal cliff' approaches

The clock continues to tick towards Jan. 1, 2013 when a mandatory 10 percent cut in the federal budget is scheduled to kick in.

Tags: Frank Principi, Sharon Bulova

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Crime declines across National Capital Region

A report to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments indicates crime within the council's 22 jurisdictions was down 6.3 percent in 2011.

Tags: crime, Cathy Lanier, hank silverberg

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D.C.'s back-to-school traffic phenomenon explained

Every September, the commute around the D.C. region becomes longer and more painful. But why?

Tags: back to school traffic

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Battlefield Bypass could be back on the priority list

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments will consider putting the Battlefield Bypass on the long term list of projects to alleviate local congestion and protect Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Tags: Battlefield Bypass, Virginia, hank silverberg, Manassas, Coalition for Smarter Growth, Piedmont Environmental Council

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Emergency planners score higher marks for recent snowfall

"I think the region has made some measurable progress," Dave Robertson, executive director of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments tells WTOP.

Tags: wmata, Dave Robertson, Dan Stessel

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